viewing files in python?

I am creating a sort of "Command line" in Python. I already added a few functions, such as changing login/password, executing, etc.,开发者_JAVA技巧 But is it possible to browse files in the directory that the main file is in with a command/module, or will I have to make the module myself and use the import command? Same thing with changing directories to view, too.

Browsing files is as easy as using the standard os module. If you want to do something with those files, that's entirely different.

import os
all_files = os.listdir('.') # gets all files in current directory

To change directories you can issue os.chdir('path/to/change/to'). In fact there are plenty of useful functions found in the os module that facilitate the things you're asking about. Making them pretty and user-friendly, however, is up to you!

I'd like to see someone write a a semantic file-browser, i.e. one that auto-generates tags for files according to their input and then allows views and searching accordingly.

Think about it... take an MP3, lookup the lyrics, run it through Zemanta, bam! a PDF file, a OpenOffice file, etc., that'd be pretty kick-butt! probably fairly intensive too, but it'd be pretty dang cool!

Cheers, -C